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+<H1> 5. References and links </H1>
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+
+There are very few English-language books for people learning shogi.
+The two I recommend are:
+</P><P>
+
+<OL>
+
+<LI>
+<CITE>Shogi for Beginners, 2nd. Edition</CITE>, by John Fairbairn. This is a
+superb beginner's book in every way, covering all phases of the game.
+It was out of print for a long time, but has now been reprinted and is
+available either from Kiseido (<A HREF="http://www.labnet.or.jp/~kiseido">http://www.labnet.or.jp/~kiseido</A>)
+or from George Hodges (see below).
+<P>
+
+<LI>
+<CITE>The Art of Shogi</CITE>, by Tony Hoskings. This is one step up from the
+Fairbairn book. It covers a lot of ground, and is especially noteworthy
+for its detailed treatment of opening lines. You can order this book
+from Amazon.com's UK branch (<A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk">http://www.amazon.co.uk</A>).
+<P>
+
+</OL>
+<P>
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+Another book you may find is <CITE>Shogi: Japan's Game of Strategy</CITE> by
+Trevor Leggett. This book is very elementary and is somewhat outdated,
+having been published first in 1966. However, it does feature a paper
+shogi board and punch-out pieces, so if you want a really cheap shogi
+set you might pick this book up. It is still in print.
+</P><P>
+Two books that are no longer in print but are definitely worth getting
+if you find them are <CITE>Guide to Shogi Openings</CITE> and <CITE>Better
+Moves for Better Shogi</CITE>, both by Aono Teriuchi. They are published in a
+bilingual edition (English/Japanese) and are the only books on shogi in
+English written by a Japanese professional shogi player. John Fairbairn
+did the translation from Japanese to English.
+</P><P>
+
+Shogi sets are available from:
+</P><P>
+
+<BLOCKQUOTE>
+George F. Hodges <BR>
+P.O. Box 77 <BR>
+Bromley, Kent <BR>
+United Kingdom BR1 2WT
+</BLOCKQUOTE>
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-The motto of GNU shogi is "100% bug-free or you don't pay!" :-) In the
-extremely unlikely case (*ahem*) that you do find a bug, please send me
-(Mike Vanier) an email at <A HREF="mailto:mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu">mvanier@bbb.caltech.edu</A>. Also, feel
-free to send me comments, complaints, out-and-out raves, suggestions,
-plane tickets to Hawaii, and/or large suitcases filled with unmarked,
-untraceable hundred-dollar bills.
+George also sells equipment for all the historical shogi variants
+(see section <A HREF="gnushogi_17.html#SEC17">2.4 Shogi variants</A>) (except for Kyoku tai shogi) and also sells
+back issues of the magazine "Shogi" which he published for 70 issues
+in the late 70's to late 80's. This magazine is STRONGLY recommended;
+it contains more information about shogi in English than you will ever
+find anywhere else.
+</P><P>
+
+Here are some useful URLs:
+</P><P>
+
+<DL COMPACT>
+
+<DT>Pieter Stouten's shogi page: <A HREF="http://www.shogi.net">http://www.shogi.net</A>
+<DD>This is the main shogi-related site on the internet, with links to
+almost all the other sites.
+<P>
+
+<DT>Roger Hare's shogi page: <A HREF="http://www.ed.ac.uk/~rjhare/shogi">http://www.ed.ac.uk/~rjhare/shogi</A>
+<DD>This has lots of information, including full rules to most of the shogi
+variants.
+<P>
+
+<DT>Patrick Davin's Shogi Nexus: <A HREF="http://www.vega.or.jp/~patrick/shogi/">http://www.vega.or.jp/~patrick/shogi/</A>
+<DD>There's lots of cool stuff on this site; my favorite is the extensive
+collection of Tsume-shogi (mating) problems, both for beginners and
+more advanced players.
+<P>
+
+<DT>Steve Evans' shogi page: <A HREF="http://www.netspace.net.au/~trout/index.html">http://www.netspace.net.au/~trout/index.html</A>
+<DD>Steve has written a program that plays almost all of the shogi variants,
+unfortunately it only runs on Windows :-(
+<P>
+
+<DT>Hans Bodlaender's chess variant pages: <A HREF="http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~hansb/d.chessvar">http://www.cs.ruu.nl/~hansb/d.chessvar</A>
+<DD>This page has an almost unimaginable variety of rules for different
+chess variants, including many shogi variants (historical and non-historical).
+<P>
+
+</DL>
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